Cigarette-paper book.



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CIGARETTE PAPER 300K.

APPLICATION man MAY l?. 1916.

Patented July 17, 1917.

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CIGARETTE-PAPER BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent. j

Patented muy it, wir;

Application led May 17, 1916. Serial No. 98,128.

To all 'whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo JULIAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alligator, in the county of Bolivar, State of Mississippi,have invented certain new and Vuseful Improvements in Cigarette- PaperBooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to holders, books, or containers for papersheets, and is adapted particularly for holding cigarette papers in suchmanner that the same may be carried in the pocket without danger ofsoiling, wrinkling, or tearing the same, and so as to enable the papersto ybe readily Withdrawn from the container one at a time, be-

ing especially adapted to hold thepapers in interlocked relation, sothat the withdrawal of one paper from the holder will present the freeend of the succeeding sheet in convenient position to be pulled from thecontainer or book when required.

The primary object of the invention'is to provide a container `for*papers of this character and for holding the papers in the abovedescribed manner which is of simplified and improved construction, andwhich may be constructed or assembled without the use of any securingmedium such as glue, mucilage, or other adhesive. j

A further object of ithe invention is to provide a holder or book ofthis character and for the purposes mentioned which may be constructedof a single sheet of paper or other material capable of being readilyfolded, whereby the same may be cheaply and with little diliicultyconstructed, and which will prove thoroughly efficient in the attainmentof the ends for which it is designed. y

With these objects in View, together with others which will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel combinationand arrangement of parts, all as will be described more fullyhereinafter, illustrated in the drawings and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure l, is a perspective view of a holder or book embodying theinvention, the same being shown lled with papers and ready for use,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank used in the manufacture of my device,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view looking at the back of the device.

Fig. 4, is a sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

\ Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 5 indicates the bodyportion of the blank from which the holder is formed. This blank in thepreferred embodiment of the invention is formed of paper, and is foldedlengthwise adjacent its longitudinal edges upon the lines 6, the saidfolded por tion constituting longitudinal flaps 7 laid upon the body 5and having their edges spaced slightly apart in parallel relation.

When folded in the above described manner, the ends of the structure arefolded backwardly onto the body 5 on the lines 8 at rightangles to thelongitudinal lines 6. The receptacle thus formed is a rectangularenvelop and the distance between the lines of fold 8 is substantiallyequal to the width of the cigarette papers to be contained in thereceptacle. The backwardly folded end flaps 9 thus formed are of suchlength that they overlap upon the back of the receptacle and one end ispreferably tucked longitudinally within the free end of the oppositeendbeneath the marginal folds to form a locked structure.

TheIH papers to be contained within the book are of the usual cigarettelength, and are folded transversely on a middle line, after which theyare assembled into a book or pack by i'nclosing a half of one paperbetween the halves of the adjacent paper, the

order obviously being reversed as shown in Fig. 4, until the pack iscompleted with each paper locked between the folds of the preceding one.The papers thus assembled are inserted beneath the aps 7 with their endsparallel to the edges of the flaps 7, and with the end of the top-mostof the papersv extending outwardly from under the adjacent it is seenthat a poc of the adj acent'.

overhanging members 7 on the face of`the blank, and the interlockingvof-theends offr the longitudinal flaps 7 carried byv one of the endVflaps 9 beneath the other end; holds the containersecurely in assembledposition. As the protruding end-offthe outer paper is pulled,- the sameunfolds, in itsWitl,idravval,v

the fold of the next succeeding paper with which it: is interlocked,andthe end; of the said succeeding paper is pulled or unfelded in suchmanneras to project throught the a; particulan or Ypreferredembodimentof the invention, Irv wish.` ittobe understood that I need; notyconnemyself; to all the precise details.,v of;` construction-y herein.- set.forth by Wa7 of: illustration: as modification and variation imay bemadewithout departing from thespirit; of thelinvention or,l exceedingthe scopeaoftheclaima Y 1*, A, paper-[holden ofthe. class described,comprising; a rectangular sheet' of. material folded: ati itsjlongitudinal edges to provide y'inwardlyproj eet-ing flaps, said flapsform-V 9. When thus f folded, et is formed beneath the ing a pocket and'the edges thereof being in spaced parallel relation, the said sheethaving its ends bent inwardly to overlap, and oneof saidl endsV beinginclosed by the flaps of the opposite end, substantially as describedi2. A paper holder of the class described, comprising a rectangular sheetfoldediat: its longitudinal edgesto provide inwardly proj ecting flaps,said flaps forming a pocket and the edges ofsaid1flaps-beingin-spacediparallelrelation,thesaidlsheet. having itsends bent backwardly, in overlapping relation, thelower-most oftheoverlapping end. fiaps having'- its` longitudinally disposed flapsengaged over the corresponding flaps of the uppermost of` the end flaps,and sheets a1'- ranged in interlocked relation withinl said pocket andwith the end ofthe outermost sheet projectingy through the space betweenthe spaced; longitudinalL flaps, substantially as described:y

3. A paper holder of the class described comprising a sheet of paperoblong in shape and folded inwardly along its longitudinal edges toprovide longitudinal iiapsthe edges of saidflapsbeing in. spacedparallely relationtofeachother, andthe ends ofthe sheet beingbentinwardly in overlapping relation, paper sheets arranged inl interlockinglation on and' inclosed` by.y the longitudinal laps,and thelongitudinall flaps of. the undermost. of. said. overlapped' end flapsbeing engagedl over the corresponding flaps of the uppermost-'end Hap,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof,A I aiix my signature, in the presence .of twowitnesses.

ALONZO JULIA-N. `VVitn'esses:

M. Killian, E. C. MEER.

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